The US sends a submarine with missiles to the Middle East
Kyiv • UNN
The US Department of Defense is sending a guided missile submarine to the Middle East. The deployment of the aircraft carrier ISS Abraham Lincoln and auxiliary ships from the naval base on the island of Guam has also been accelerated.
The US Department of Defense says that the country will send a submarine equipped with guided missiles to the Middle East, writes AR, reports UNN.
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It was Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who ordered the submarine to be sent to the Middle East, where the situation is becoming increasingly tense. The United States rarely announces such submarine transfers.
Austin also ordered the accelerated deployment of the aircraft carrier ISS Abraham Lincoln and the auxiliary ships that make up the ship's battle group. The ships sailed from the naval base on the island of Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean before the weekend.
